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By WAYNE EPPS JR. or Charlotte University, two with NCAA rules, the case gridlock The Breeze non-CAA programs. was heard by a committee of In the next day or so, Appa- five non-athletics faculty. For junior and former JMU lachian State University and Birdsong received his ver- quarterback Michael Bird- Liberty University were also dict yesterday. He now has JMU students fight song, a week-and-a-half long added to the list. the freedom to talk with all headache is over. “I was confused, mainly. schools except those in the stalled state budget, After he notified head Because I thought we had CAA and Charlotte as he football coach Everett With- an agreement that it was just continues his search for a tuition uncertainty ers of his plans to transfer conference,” Birdsong said of new home. last Monday, he was told his reaction to the restrictions. “I’m feeling good,” Bird- that he couldn’t go to any “And then I was frustrated. song said of the decision. By SAMANTHA ELLIS other Colonial Athletic Asso- Confused and frustrated, I “I’m just excited that I have The Breeze ciation school, which is a guess is the two best adjec- the opportunity to explore common and allowed deci- tives to use.” all my options now. I don’t College students must deal with a sion in NCAA transfer cases. After that went down, Bird- have any restrictions, I can barrage of stress in their day-to-day But later in the day, Bird- song put in an appeal to have talk to whoever I want to, lives, from rigorous class schedules to song said he was notified by those extra four schools taken pretty much ... I can under- the demands of extracurricular activ- athletics compliance that off the restricted list. The stand the Charlotte thing, LAUREN GORDON / THE BREEZE ities. But many are unaware of the he also couldn’t reach out appeal hearing was Tuesday Michael Birdsong announced his transfer from JMU last Monday. financial burdens that could await to Old Dominion University afternoon, and, in accordance see BIRDSONG, page 12 He has been offered a full scholarship from Marshall University. them in the coming academic year. Since Terry McAuliffe was inaugu- rated as governor, the Virginia General Assembly has been in a state of grid- lock regarding the state’s budget. Democrats in the Senate are eager to expand Medicaid coverage to lower- income Virginians, while Republicans in the House of Delegates are reluc- tant to increase spending on welfare programs. Because Virginia has a constitution- al requirement to balance its budget, the state is unable to incur deficits, It runs in unlike the federal government. The policy is advantageous when trying to avoid debt and overspending, but can require tax increases, spending cuts and a lot of compromises. the family Some students throughout Virginia have begun to notice these shortfalls within the government, and at JMU they have recently started a campaign to keep students informed about the Second generation JMU ambiguity of their tuition rates. These concerns have been elevat- student continues parents’ ed by the stall in the passing of a state budget, which has already prompted athletic legacy the JMU Board of Visitors to postpone any final decisions on tuition until its next meeting in June. “The reason we can’t solve a state budget is all partisan politics and it’s Page 11 ridiculous. This stall is detrimental for many students when they’re looking at COURTESY OF JMU ATHLETICS tuition rates for next year. The fact that the public has to wait until June to see where our tuition is going is ridiculous because many students and families have to start planning,” Nico Climaco, a junior political science major and member of the organization, said. Virginia21, a nonprofit and non-par- tisan organization on campus, works Heart and sole to provide discourse on the politically charged topics of higher education. JMU alumna brings meaning to Toms shoes through her artistic talent and vision The organization hosts events around campus, brings speakers to the univer- sity and encourages an overall interest among students in higher-education politics. “There is no other organization that provides direct advocacy and visible results for students. I’ve always wanted to get involved with our policy process and have a passion for higher educa- tion, so Virginia21 has provided that outlet,” Climaco said. With rising tuition rates, dwindling funds allocated toward financial aid and the average student accumulat- ing $30,000 in student loan debt after graduation, the unpredictability of the state budget can be a major con- cern for students and families trying to budget their finances. While Lauren Tamony, Virgin- ia21’s campaign coordinator and a senior history and political science double major, doesn’t need financial
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NEWS 3 Delving into documents MATT SCHMACHTENBERG / THE BREEZE JMU students work JMU alumna Lindsey Richards operates The Sole Story, where she creates custom made Toms. In the future, Richards hopes to run her company full time. with county clerk to digitize local records. By MOLLIE JONES obtained an LLC (limited liability company) “That was a really personal pair with a lot The Breeze license to establish herself as a legitimate of detail,” Richards said. “My dad and I go to OPINION business, and has named it The Sole Story. Comic-Con every year together.” 6 Decisions decisions For those of us not quite ready to jump on Richards’ company has been up and run- Perhaps the most intricate pair Richards CHOICES is unrealistic the tattoo bandwagon, there is an alternative: ning since October. Each order requires a has painted was for Morgan Brown, also a and needs a major personalized shoes. base fee of $20, and then an additional $10 for JMU alumna. renovation. Lindsey Richards is making a name for every hour she spends painting, which var- “She offered to design a pair of Toms for herself in the Harrisonburg area by hand ies depending on the intricacy of the design. me as a graduation gift,” Brown recalled. LIFE painting canvas shoes, mainly Toms. Rich- Richards has painted everything from “I just asked her to do a Lion King theme, 9 He’s back! ards, who graduated from JMU last year, has animals to flowers, and even “The Walking with it being my favorite movie of all time JMU alum Russell made a part-time business out of her pastime Dead” and Disney princess-themed shoes. … when I received them in the mail, I was Wagoner set to perform in — creating art. Many customers know exactly what they blown away. They are extremely detailed ... It Harrisonburg tomorrow. “I didn’t realize I could actually draw until would like, but others tell Richards what was way more than I asked for, she did a great junior year of college,” Richards said. “I have their interests are and let her imagination job, and she gave so much time dedicated to SPORTS a huge collection of Toms and thought it run free — it seems to be working, as no one them as well.” 11 Championship in sight would be cool to personalize them. That’s has asked for changes to their shoes so far. As Richards recalls, the process for that par- Men’s golf team set how it started.” Richards’ favorite pair that she painted was ticular pair took almost 10 hours to complete, for CAA tournament What began as a mere hobby has now a surprise for her father. They had superhe- this weekend. grown into an all-out business. Richards has roes painted on them. see TOMS, page 10 Today Friday Saturday S unday sunny scattered t-storms sunny partly cloudy 66°/44° 67°/44° 69°/36° 67°/40°
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Ass t. creative director Liz Paterson Wworld ne s account Executives But a rising number of civilian casual- The payment was brokered by an Grant Deker US drones strike ties, particularly the December bombing unidentified Persian Gulf country that Deaths in Everest Katrina Delene of a wedding party that left 15 dead, has is widely thought to be Qatar, which has Blake Harvey despite hopes to unnerved some Yemeni officials. brokered and paid ransoms on behalf tragedy hit 13; Danielle Jefferson “We’ve told the Americans that of hostages in three previous incidents, Mat Lesiv limit them they’ve been going about things the according to the European intelligence three still missing Lexi Quinn wrong way,” the high-ranking Yemeni agents and confirmed by an Islamist who Zac Smith McClatchy Foreign Staff military official said last week, speak- is familiar with ISIS’s inner workings. Deutsche Presse-Agentur Charlee Vasiliadis ing only on the condition of anonymity The release of the French hostages Allie Waller SANAA, Yemen — A series of U.S. because of the sensitivity of the topic. came two weeks after ISIS released two KATHMANDU, Nepal — The death Hunter White government drone strikes in Yemen “When it comes to the current drone Spanish journalists who had been held toll from Mount Everest’s deadliest over recent days has brought into sharp policy, there have been too many for seven months in a deal said to have avalanche on record rose to 13 Satur- Marketing & Circulation relief divisions among the country’s rul- mistakes.” been brokered by Spanish intelligence day, authorities confirmed. Coordinator ers over how to rein in a program that agents working out of southern Turkey. The Tourism Ministry said that one Mitchell Myers they’ve long supported. Ransom may help France was roundly criticized last year more body had been pulled out of the Only last week, a top Yemeni military for paying a reported 40 million euros — snow. However, three people are still ad Designers official told McClatchy the government group in Syria pay more than $55 million — to an al-Qaida missing. After stalling on Saturday Bethany Adams had placed the drone program “under franchise in Mali. due to bad weather, the search was to Candace Burns review” in hopes of persuading the Unit- for 4-front war The European intelligence officials resume Sunday. Kylie Donohoe ed States to limit strikes. said ISIS’s interest in ransoming the Twelve bodies had already been Bernadette Fitzgerald The most recent strikes — one Sat- McClatchy Foreign Staff captive journalists now might be relat- pulled out of the debris following the Christine Horab urday morning in the central province ed to its infighting with other Syrian Friday accident. Seven survivors were Julie Stern of al-Bayda that hit a vehicle carrying BEIRUT — The release over the week- rebel groups and its recent rejection by also rescued at the time. more than a dozen suspected militants end of four French journalists whom a al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri over The avalanche hit as the group of from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsu- rogue al-Qaida offshoot had held for its refusal to limit its activities to Iraq. The climbing guides was ascending from Download our mobile app at la, another roughly 24 hours later in the months in Syria may indicate that the fighting and al-Zawahri’s rejection may the base camp to Camp One. breezejmu.org. reputed AQAP stronghold of al-Mahfad group is turning increasingly to ransom have hurt its ability to raise money for its The dead were employees from five in the southern province of Abyan and a to finance its activities. activities in Syria, analysts say. different trekking companies third Monday that killed three in Shab- The French government has denied “The hostages were a card the ISIS The government has offered 40,000 wah province show that such a review that it paid a ransom for the journalists, emirs waited to play,” said the Islamist, rupees (about 416 dollars) of compen- www.facebook.com/ has yet to limit the attacks. who were kidnapped in two separate who has proved links to the group in the sation to the victims’ families. Members TheBreezeJMU Yemen’s government has long assent- incidents last summer. But two Euro- past and asked not to be identified for of the deceased’s families have voiced ed to the strikes — privately, in the case pean intelligence agents involved in the fear of ISIS and its enemies. “Now they’re their frustration over the proposed sum, of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, cases of other hostages said they thought surrounded by enemies and cut off from calling it a pittance. but openly under the country’s current the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had the sheiks in the Gulf who are telling @TheBreezeJMU leader, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who received a sizable payment for releasing everyone to donate to Nusra or Ahrar al Compiled from McClatchy-Tribune @TheBreezeSports took power in February 2012. the journalists. Sham,” another Syrian rebel group. wire services.
National news young child were circulating on the Internet. Her a frigid, perilous journey cooped up inside as a Supreme Court sets abuser was her uncle who was prosecuted and paid stowaway. Loyalty punch cards $6,000 in restitution. The images, including of a footprint on the tire aside verdict for Amy went to courts around the country seeking below the wheel well, were taken by Hawaii News becoming obsolete restitution orders from others who had pleaded Now, and appear to support the boy’s story of surviv- child-porn victim guilty to child pornography charges for possessing ing the 5-hour flight from San Jose while enduring Star Tribune (Minneapolis) her images. One of them was a Texas man named sub-zero temperatures and deathly thin air. Tribune Washington Bureau Doyle Paroline. Authorities said it was a miracle the 15-year-old The days of the “buy-10-get-one-free” loyalty A federal judge refused to order Paroline to pay boy survived in the wheel well, as oxygen was lim- punch card are as numbered as the paper punch WASHINGTON — Victims of child pornography restitution because there was no proof his offense ited at the jet’s cruising altitude of 38,000 feet, and itself. whose images of sexual abuse have circulated on caused or contributed to Amy’s abuse. But a federal the temperature could have dropped to 50 degrees Mom-and-pop restaurants, convenience stores the Internet may claim damages from every person appeals court in New Orleans, taking the opposite below zero or lower. and pet groomers are joining national programs caught with illegal images, the Supreme Court ruled approach, ruled for Amy and said Paroline was He then managed to stay in the wheel well when that equip them with an iPad at the register where Wednesday. responsible for paying the full amount she had the bay doors opened twice in the air. a customer either swipes a loyalty card or waves a But justices rejected the idea that a single per- sought, a total of $3.4 million. Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman Alison Coyle smartphone to record the purchase and any reward. son who possesses such images may be assessed said the wheel well doors open twice during typi- National programs such as Belly, SpotOn, Perkville the full amount due to the victim, setting aside a Teen stowaway’s prints cal flights about one mile after takeoff to stow the and FiveStars use cloud and mobile technology to $3.4-million verdict against a Texas man in a favor of landing gear, and three to five miles before land- enable retailers to offer programs that reward the a woman whose childhood rape was photographed found on wheel well ing to free it. customer faster and with more creativity than a and widely circulated on the Internet. “I don’t think he could pull it off twice, luck was punch card. The 5-4 decision upholds part of the Violence doors, tires of plane on his side,” Dorian said. “I almost think you got to “Within five to 10 years, we’ll move away from Against Women Act, which calls for restitution to give this guy a medal just for surviving this.” punch cards and key fobs and even apps and go to victims of child pornography, but it adopts a middle- Los Angeles Times A spokeswoman with Hawaii’s Department of smartphones,” said Rik Reppe, director of Pricewa- ground position on how to set the amount. It said Human Services this week said the boy was rest- terhouseCoopers’ customer experience practice in those who possess the images must pay something HAWAII — Images of footprints and handprints ing comfortably in a hospital and is preparing to go Minneapolis. because they have contributed to the abuse. inside the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines Flight home to Santa Clara. Authorities in Hawaii and Cali- It all began when a young women using the name 45 jetliner appear to bolster the fantastic story of fornia say they don’t plan to charge the teen with Compiled from McClatchy-Tribune wire “Amy” learned the photos of her sexual abuse as a a Santa Clara teenager who reportedly survived trespassing. services. make yourself known. Write for an award-winning publication. Email [email protected].
NewsEditors William Mason, Erin Flynn & Patrick Mortiere Email [email protected] Thursday, April 24, 2014 3 In Brief Cataloging a century JMU Students work with the Rockingham County to digitize documents East Campus project and make them accessible to the entire Harrisonburg community wins award
JMU’s Hillside Naturalization Project received a silver-level Environmental Excellence award at the 25th annu- al Environment Virginia Symposium hosted at Virginia Military Institute on April 8. According the office of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, the awards acknowledge significant environmen- tal contributions in land conservation and sustainability. McAuliffe, who announced the winners, said, “These award winners demonstrate a clear commitment to improving the environment for the benefit of all Virginians. This recog- nition is well-deserved, and I look forward to ongoing improvements from these winners and other envi- ronmental and conservation leaders.” The winners were chosen based on their environmental benefit, stakehold- er involvement, innovativeness, public outreach and transferability.
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Local secretary indicted Julia walker / the breeze Anne Gochnour (left) and John “Ryan“ Larson are two students working with the Rockingham County Circuit Court, to support President Alger’s community outreach goal. on embezzlement charge By William mason ones should be saved in the archives and The Breeze “ Sometimes in the past there which ones should be removed. The major Former Harrisonburg dental office issue is retention rates, or how long docu- employee Jeannie Braithwaite was The “JMU bubble” is a term that students have been lines between the ments should be kept before being removed. indicted for six counts of embezzle- and residents of the Harrisonburg commu- JMU community ... and the For certain cases the rate could be 20 years, ment Monday after being accused nity are familiar with. It refers to the separate while others may not have retention rates at of stealing about $130,000 from her spheres the two groups inhabit, despite shar- county community. My hope all. Anything prior to 1913 for example is kept employer. ing the same city. However, after coming to is that it will really show the forever, as mandated by Virginia law. Braithwaite was released with bond JMU in 2012, one of President Jon Alger’s This process has seen students fulfill Alg- on Rockingham County after her goals has been “community outreach.” Alger local residents that we have er’s goal; by diving deep into the recent and arrest Monday, according to The Daily paid a visit to the Rockingham Circuit Court wonderful JMU students quite old history of Rockingham County, News-Record. on Tuesday to laud five JMU students who they have simultaneously expanded their The investigation began in June have been part of this outreach effort. that aren’t just coming to knowledge of, and involvement in, the when tax irregularities were found Junior political science major John “Ryan” town, using facilities going community. at the business and allegedly led to Larson, senior political science major Anne “[Alger] was overjoyed that JMU students Braithwaite, who was a receptionist Gochnour, public policy and administration to school and leaving, but were breaking out of this kind of local thing for about twenty years. major Haley Leonard, and history graduate these kids, these young folks people have about us, we’re just kind of here Five of the embezzlements were students Mary Ann Mason and Mary Chall- for four years and just trying to do stuff for connected to the business, while the man have been working with Rockingham are leaving their mark.” us, instead of trying to do something for sixth was related to the $5,000 theft of County Clerk Chaz Evans-Haywood to pre- Chaz Evans-Haywood the community,” Larson said. “To kind of one of her relatives, who lives in a nurs- serve and digitize hundreds of thousands of Rockingham County clerk build that bridge between JMU and the stuff ing home. court documents going on here was really nice.” Braithwaite is scheduled to appear According to Evans-Haywood the students in court for a pretrial motions hearing go through the documents and decide which see clerk, page 4 on June 12.
Harrisonburg City considers Changing tides building new jail Cramped cells could lead to the A s the academic year comes to a close, SGA makes preparations for new leadership building of a new jail. According to WHSV, the Rocking- ham jail is 40 inmates over capacity By Patrick Mortiere even when they’re double-bunked, and The Breeze at least 100 inmates are located in the Middle River Regional Jail, due to the With candles glowing, members of the Student overcrowding. Government Association gathered in the Festival Some council members, includ- Highlands room Tuesday night for their end-of-the ing Kai Degner, believe that there are year banquet, in which positions were transferred more cost-effective options. But others over to the newly elected student leaders. view it as a solution to a long existing The night was also filled with light-hearted problem. awards for “Representative of the Year” and “Sen- Vice Mayor Charlie Chenault said, “I ator of the Year,” as well as senior send-offs in think the sooner we do this the better, which SGA members took a moment to say some- so that we get in line as soon as possi- thing positive about the graduating seniors. ble for the availability of any state funds Several members of JMU’s administration were that we’re going to need for the project.” in attendance at the event, and President Jon Alger Anne Lewis, Harrisonburg’s assis- delivered the keynote address. tant city manager, explained that if they Speaker of the Senate, Nick Maggio, a junior move forward with the plan now, final public policy and administration major, took Alg- plans would likely be brought before er’s keynote speech to heart, drawing upon certain the General Assembly as part of the points, and making sure that SGA will continue to 2016 state budget. engage students and the community “President Alger talks a lot about being the model of this university, but that’s something that Rockingham County we’re definitely going to strive to be,” Maggio said. “We want to engage with the university in ways that we haven’t in years past. We want people to Bridgewater man indicted know that we’re a force for positive change on this campus.” for mobile meth lab Taylor Vollman, a junior media arts and design major, replaced Jake Jedlicka, a senior history and Twenty-two-year-old Shane Allen political science double major, as SGA president. Crites was indicted on Monday after As president, Vollman maintains several respon- operating a mobile methamphetamine sibilities, such as representing the organization in lab in October, according to the Daily its entirety, and attending Board of Visitors meet- News-Record. ings with the elected student representative. He was charged with three felony Vollman is looking forward to taking initiative counts of drug distribution, two felony in her position when she’s reunited with SGA in Holly warfield / The breeze counts of possession of precursors to the fall, particularly so she can join together with manufacture methamphetamine, two her fellow peers within the organization and begin Junior public policy and administration major Nick Maggio serves as the new speaker of the SGA Senate. As a felony counts of manufacturing the promoting transparency and productivity across former SGA senator, Maggio draws on his prior experience within the organization to encourage positive change. drug and felony drug possession. the university. Police officers responded to Mercy “I think the great thing about having everybody House Thrift Store on Oct. 3 and wit- in place is that we can get the ball rolling,” Vollman huge hike — as well as I don’t know how they’re “I think it’s always smart to know what you’re nesses told them that a man fled said. “So I think internally, it will be really great to doing it based on no information from the state,” dealing with, especially when it comes to your carrying a cooler, which was found in see all of our committees hit the ground running Scala said. budget,” Scala said. “If you don’t know what your the road and contained meth manufac- and be really effective from the get go.” For Scala, the concern with other universi- budget is coming in from the state, how can you turing materials. David Scala, the student representative for the ties’ budget decisions is how they are deciding make any kind of adjustment for how you’ll be Police called the hazardous materi- BOV and a junior political science major, also upon tuition and fees despite having no informa- able to run the university?” al team and the RUSH drug task force attended the SGA banquet, but his focus in the tion regarding funds. While U.Va. doesn’t receive SGA will hold its final senate meeting of the who were seen removing a 32-ounce weeks ahead is on the budget gridlock in Rich- as much state funding as JMU, and made their academic year Tuesday, in which they will dis- bottle from the cooler. mond and how the BOV will determine tuition. decision on tuition and fees prematurely, Scala cuss election matters. Crites is being held without bond at “The big question is: what will the state do? I believes that making financial decisions regarding the Rockingham County Jail. have a sister that’s at U.Va., and they’ve already students and their families before all information contact Patrick Mortiere at set tuition, and they raised it 4 percent, which is a is considered is irresponsible. [email protected]. 4 Thursday, April 24, 2014 breezejmu.org News clerk | Experience prepares students for career in historical archiving
Julia walker / the breeze Political science majors Anne Gochnour and John “Ryan“ Larson convert records and archive documents into a digital format, making sure to handle every artifact with the utmost care. from page 3 While the project is very important in break- for archivist jobs, as proper document handling whom are studying in the department of politi- ing the divide between the two communities, increases the life of the document, and therefore cal science, the real-world experience with legal Evans-Haywood, who is a ’97 JMU grad is it is also beneficial for JMU students because it our resources to the past.” documents and procedures both in the office impressed with the effect the students’ pres- prepares them for future careers. Another one of Mason and Challman’s duties and actual courtroom setting is invaluable, in ence has had on the community, especially in Mason and Challman, both history graduate is to schedule applications for research grants, Evans-Haywood’s opinion. combating the take-only opinion many Rock- students, have been working together over the which, according to Evans-Haywood, are sourc- “To be able to walk into a business which ingham County residents hold in regard to JMU past several months to update the courthouse’s es of crucial funding for the work the students they are applying to for a job, whether it’s students. record inventory. One of their main responsi- do. a case manager dealing with the public, or “Sometimes in the past there have been lines bilities is to organize and develop a cataloging Evans-Haywood also said the program has understanding what’s happening in the courts,” between the JMU community ... and the county system for the numerous historical records always received at least some funding when- Evans-Haywood said. “They’re going to be able community,” Evans-Haywood said. “My hope is spread throughout the courthouse. These are ever they have applied for grants. This funding to go into an employer and say, ‘I’ve done that, that it will really show the local residents that skills that Mason believe are resourceful for the has ranged from $15,000 to the $37,000, that was I’ve seen that happen, I’ve been part of mak- we have wonderful JMU student that aren’t just professional world. most recently received through a grant while ing that process happen in a Virginia court.’” coming to town, using facilities, going to school “My work has allowed me to understand both Mason and Challman have been working and leaving, but these kids, these young folks proper handling and preservation of historical at the courthouse. co ntact William Mason at are leaving their mark.” documents,” Mason said. “This skill is crucial For Larson, Leonard and Gochnour, all of [email protected].
Budget | Universities across Virginia await lawmakers’ budget decision from front But, according to Bill Wyatt, asso- Wyatt is unsure about the amount same boat; they’re all just in a hold- of the fiscal year,” Wyatt said. ciate director of communications, the tuition could increas in the coming ing pattern.” Whatever the outcome, Virginia21 aid in order to pay for school, she BOV isn’t walking in without a plan in year. While this situation is inconve- will continue to serve as an advocate understands its importance for stu- mind. He also mentioned that this isn’t nient for many, he explained that for political awareness among college dents who do. “The game plan is, once Richmond the first time they have found them- there is no need for students to be students. “I’m fortunate enough to not is done — done with the budget — selves in this situation. alarmed. “It’s inspiring to see how we’re require financial aid, but working as the Board of Visitors will take action “I think that last year the General “The longer it goes, it could have helping students year-round,” Cli- a scholarship coordinator for the past on JMU’s budget and tuition and Assembly ... took longer than usual adverse effects, but, you know, I really maco said. “It’s unlike anything I’ve two years has really shown me how fees,” Wyatt said. “When that’ll hap- to wrap up the budget,” Wyatt said. don’t see that [this is] happening ... in ever witnessed.” important it is to maintain or ideally pen or how that’ll happen, we don’t “I think many other colleges and uni- other years, when budgets have taken increase the aid given by the state,” know yet.” versities, as well as community and longer than usual, it’s been wrapped co ntact Samantha Ellis Tamony said. Those aren’t the only uncertainties. local governments are kind of in the up well before [July 1] the beginning at [email protected].
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OpinionEditor Corey Tierney Email [email protected] Thursday, April 24, 2014 6 K evan Hulligan | the war room Neo-Nazi groups can no longer be ignored After the recent attack on a Jewish community center, America needs to realize that hate groups are still dangerous
It’s very easy to write off neo-Nazi groups States, there is a tendency for the likelihood of individuals to recognize the dangerous threat that these groups pose. and similar organizations by dismissing engaging in violence to increase when groups begin to shrink. Don’t get me wrong, the fact that these groups are shrinking them as silly, hateful people without allies. I would agree with this sentiment, because when extremist in size is a great thing. It shows that our society is slowly This is because their beliefs are nonsensical, groups start to shrink, their members become more willing to go becoming more tolerant of other people and that equality is racist and fascistic in a time that recognizes the extra mile to get their views across to the general public. So starting to win out. This does not mean that we who fight for their belief systems as being cancerous. To when a hate group faces those circumstances, they eventually the betterment of mankind should become complacent. The the average intelligent person, becoming a will cross the threshold from spewing vile rhetoric to actually strategies that have been employed so far, like suing hate groups neo-Nazi or harboring similar beliefs to one committing acts of violence. as a whole for the crimes they commit and educating lawmakers is about as attractive a notion as having an What exacerbates this in hate groups particularly is that their and citizens about hate groups, have been largely successful. arm chopped off. However, the conception ideology is inherently supportive of violence. Take neo-Nazis This is exactly why these strategies need to continue in order that these groups can be ignored and considered harmless is for example; the very core of their ideology is violent revolution to effectively deal with them. Sure, acting as if hate groups will a dangerous notion itself. The recent shooting at two Jewish and the expulsion of groups they consider “undesirable.” go away entirely is a pipe dream, but reducing these groups to community centers in Kansas is a testament to the fact that hate Having a violent and hateful ideology can only bring negative as small of a size as possible will deal a major blow against the groups are very dangerous to our society. The man involved in consequences, and groups with these ideologies cannot be forces of bigotry and discrimination. There is a war being fought the shooting has a history with the Ku Klux Klan. Hate groups ignored. for the soul of America; we must continue the struggle to ensure are a serious threat to our country, and we need to continue to Pretending that these groups are inconsequential is a recipe that everyone is treated with the respect and dignity that they press forward to ensure that they are less of a threat. for disaster. They prey on the downtrodden and disaffected in deserve as human beings. The Southern Poverty Law Center monitors the growth of hate order to gather followers, all while filling them with hate toward groups in the United States. They recently told CNN that despite supposed oppressors. Kevan Hulligan is a junior political science major. Contact shrinkage in the number of groups operating in the United Violent rhetoric often begets violent action, and society needs Kevan at [email protected].
Addis on Snidle | contributing columnist C HOICES isn’t the best option for newcomers A ccepted students are given a fake experience while touring campus and deserve a more realistic look at JMU
Last weekend was the second round of the annual CHOICES freshen up and plant all the lovely gold and purple tulips facade. events here at JMU. What a lovely day! Everyone is smiling around campus. It’s nice that so much of our money goes It’s not a good thing that CHOICES is so fake and unrealistic. at you, directing you to Godwin, or “Phillips Hall?” As an to gardening, but the benefits are mainly for the visiting The parents especially fall for it completely and they matter just incoming freshman, you are about to choose the school prospective students and their families. JMU is also known for a little bit more than the prospective freshmen. People at JMU you will attend for four years. Why not this lovely campus having good food, but the few days of the year when the dining are fun, but realistic. The campus is pretty, but it isn’t perfect. where everyone is incredibly friendly and giving out free stuff halls have special menus always land on CHOICES days — how There are plenty of nice people around campus, but no one is everywhere you go? odd! D-Hall serves its best food during CHOICES, and yet it overly friendly. If you get lost, there aren’t going to be students JMU isn’t really like that though. Most sessions of CHOICES is one of the few days of the year that JMU students avoid the directing you everywhere. You’d even feel embarrassed to ask this semester have landed on sunny days, and you know crowded dining halls at all costs. another student where something is. Just rely on that Mappy. what that means: Quad laying, puppies playing and people This university is a really great place, but CHOICES just isn’t picnicking on Festival lawn. The campus is brighter on nice the best way to convey a typical day at JMU. The school needs days because everyone takes advantage of the good weather. The school needs to find alternative to find alternative ways to show prospective students what This is the result of having bad weather the majority of the year. the campus is actually like. One solution could be a program Harrisonburg is mostly cold during the school year. Even when ways to show prospective students for shadowing students. A high schooler, interested in JMU it is warm, it’s cold. The Shenandoah Valley wind always has its what the campus is actually like. could shadow a JMU student for a few days to get a feel for way with us and it drops the nice temperature a few degrees. the food, culture, dorm dynamics and classes. Some people This causes the campus to be barren and move people to have this sort of connection, but others may not know anyone hibernate inside for days. It’s just too cold to be outside. who attends JMU. If there was a program that set high school During CHOICES, people are posted at multiple spots students up with college students in their prospective major, around campus wearing purple, representing their clubs and There are also special buses that take people to the Convo then they could really get a feel for JMU and whether or not giving away free pens and other miscellaneous products. The lots and other convenient places that our buses normally don’t they belong here. people chosen to lead groups tend to be the ones who are most ever go to. CHOICES clearly does not reflect JMU for how it excited about JMU. normally is. Yes, it makes sense to have our school looking it’s Addison Snidle is a junior media arts and design and English JMU brings in the gardeners the day before CHOICES to best for the walking, talking, incoming money, but it is all a double major. Contact Addison at [email protected].
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Jack Needham | contributing columnist Marijuana legalization is stymied by stigmas The culture surrounding Cannabis is a large reason why it hasn’t been decriminalized nationwide
Justin Bieber sure wasn’t smoking the devil’s games), and temporary impairment of cognitive be severe. There is no logic in criminalizing only These things considered, the cost of keeping lettuce when he decided to go drag racing in a ability (somewhat similar to alcohol’s effect). marijuana on the basis of harmful side effects. marijuana illegal is far too high. The pros, if any, crowded neighborhood in the middle of the Some studies have also indicated that heavy use Many others have expressed concerns over the are far outweighed by the consequences of the night. There are countless YouTube videos of can impair memory and brain growth. These culture of marijuana users. There is a popular idea ongoing “war on drugs.” Millions and millions people doing stupid or dangerous things — taz- effects sound fairly severe, but some can be eas- that marijuana users are lazy, slow and incom- of dollars are poured into prisons where non- ing their genitals, jumping off of a roof, falling off a ily prevented, such as by changing the method petent deadbeats who like to sit around all day violent prisoners are kept. Millions of hours for table, driving a car into a building, punching their of ingestion or waiting until adulthood to con- getting high, eating Doritos and watching TV. This those kept on marijuana-related charges. Their friends in the face “just because,” etc. — and I’m sume it. The truth is idea is as absurd as lives, jobs, families and educations are inter- willing to bet every single one of my roommates’ we are surrounded saying that all people rupted or ruined. Imagining innocent people possessions that the overwhelming majority of by unhealthy choices. who drink alcohol are sitting in prison and millions of dollars wasted those people did not smoke marijuana before And when marijua- alcoholics. Marijuana infuriates me, and I hope you feel the same way. attempting them. na’s ban is compared users are also vale- Prisons are meant for those who harm others, Let’s be real — they were probably drunk (or to the legalization dictorians, students, and we should not penalize innocent people maybe on cocaine), yet people say marijuana is of other popular intellectuals, writ- with jail time and marks on their record for the “gateway” drug. Really? Some drunk people substances, the logi- ers, scientists, social freely choosing to consume a substance. The will try almost anything. You don’t even have to cal inconsistencies workers, inventors, money being wasted could be used for countless dare them. They’ll say, “Do you dare me to try and are more apparent. artists and business- other beneficial things: cancer research, educa- do a backflip?” and when you politely decline, Smoking cigarettes persons, but most of tion reform, reduced tuition, homeless shelters, they’ll respond with “I don’t care. I’m doing it can cause lung dam- all, normal, average treatment programs for more harmful drugs or anyway.” I know people who only do other drugs age and cancer as well people. Yes, there are poverty, to name just a few. The money that legal- when they’re drunk. Now, I’m not trying to revive as stunted growth in many who let marijua- ization would save coupled with revenue from Prohibition — we all know how that went — nor youth. Alcohol can na use take over their even a slight taxation could change the world, am I trying to claim that alcohol automatically harm your metab- lives, but I think it is far this time for the better. In true JMU fashion, I turns every person into a less-skilled Evel Kniev- olism, cause birth more likely that they suggest we be this change and remember this: el, but the legal inconsistency when compared defects if consumed are using marijuana marijuana’s biggest dangers don’t come from the to marijuana has no logical basis, at least not in by pregnant women Blair ROsen / The Breeze as a means to an end, plant; it comes from the immoral, dishonest and terms of protecting users’ well-being. and impair decision in the same way that a unjust laws and ideas that pervade the public’s So where is the harm in recreational marijuana making. Alcohol poisoning is also a common person might spend all of his or her time playing perception of it. use? I will be honest and say that there absolute- risk, as we see so often across college campuses. video games or surfing the Internet. These people ly can be real consequences: lung damage from Practically speaking, it is impossible to overdose don’t need a punishment of a fine or jail time; Jack Needham is a sophomore English smoke, mental addiction (in the same way a on marijuana. Finally, alcohol is more addictive they need help with time management and moti- major. Contact Jack at needhaje@dukes. person can get addicted to TV, Internet or video than marijuana, and withdrawal symptoms can vation. Marijuana is not the root of the problem. jmu.edu. 8 Thursday, April 24, 2014 breezejmu.org
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LifeEditors Joanna Morelli & Lauren Hunt Email [email protected] Thursday, April 24, 2014 9 Back to the beginning JMU alum and singer/songwriter Russell Wagoner returns to Harrisonburg to perform
matt schmachtenberg / the breeze Russell Wagoner will perform tomorrow night from 6 to 7 p.m. at The Artful Dodger for a free listening party. He will be performing a set with his guitarist and high school friend Andy Nye.
By Joanna Morelli Wagoner’s uncle was his connection into the studio. For a The pop-soul artist draws inspiration from soul music, the The Breeze week, Wagoner learned all there is to know about recording. Motown movement, Stevie Wonder and even Jojo. “I learned more that week than I have since then,” Wag- “This [Jojo’s] music, it is a coming of age story, it breaks Harrisonburg has a way of bringing JMU alumni back into oner said. “That’s when I learned about song structure and boundaries, it questions everything you know about her,” its vicinity in an unexpected way. about actual arrangement. That’s when I began to learn a lot Wagoner said. “To me, it’s the perfect career because she Russell Wagoner, a JMU alumnus (’13) and Nashville- about the process … how to create a song that isn’t just uni- has the pop sensibility, but she has the hipster credibility. based singer/songwriter, has made his return to the area to lateral, that comes from somewhere and goes somewhere.” Her voice is sure proof of divinity in my mind.” expand his fanbase and performance experience. In the following year, Wagoner worked with a studio in Another one of his influences was JMU itself. Throughout “I kind of took a step back and I had to resolve some per- New York City on a more hip-hop centered album. college, Wagoner practiced and perfected his piano, vocals sonal stuff while I was here [in Harrisonburg]. I actually “It’s good music, but it’s just not me,” Wagoner said. “It’s a and music-writing skills. He drew inspiration from his stud- didn’t play as much in Harrisonburg; I played twice … Get- process; you live and you learn. But, man, was that a f****** ies in anthropology and foreign languages in his music. ting into contact with WXJM and performing at the Dodger mess. I was pretty disgusted from that experience and how “In college, studying anthropology and being so in tune is really me trying to make up for lost time.” much my voice, as an artist, had been shut out … They [the to the world around you and to culture, I learned to create Wagoner will be performing at The Artful Dodger for a songs] morphed into something that they weren’t.” music that listens as much as it speaks … that dialogue was free listening party tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. For the first so important to me,” Wagoner said. hour, WXJM, along with JMU representatives for Spotify “It’s fantastic [to work with Wagoner]. Wagoner built up a musical team at JMU as well. He col- and ’Stache, will compile music that is described as “the laborated with JMU dancers he met through UREC activities soundtrack to your summer.” From 6 to 7 p.m., Wagoner will Our styles grew up around one and featured them in his music videos. Wagoner also found be performing live with his guitarist and high school friend another ... my style of playing guitar his manager at JMU. Andy Nye. “We were in group fitness classes together … we shared a Wagoner’s music career began by performing with Nye and his style of singing have grown passion for music,” Carolyn Girondo, a senior communica- at coffee shops and other local venues in their hometown to complement one another.” tions and Spanish double major, said. in Centreville, Va. The two have been playing together for Wagoner introduced Girondo as his manager around about eight years, and continue to collaborate. Andy Nye town as a joke, but the idea slowly became a reality. Despite “It’s fantastic [to work with Wagoner]. Our styles grew up guitarist and friend of Russell Wagoner their distance, the two have weekly Facetime meetings; around one another … my style of playing guitar and his Girondo hopes to continue as Wagoner’s manager. style of singing have grown to complement one another,” “He’s very unique to me. He definitely has his story … Nye said. he’s a scholar,” Girondo said. “It’s amazing how much intel- After Nye moved to New York City, Wagoner was left to Following his negative experience, Wagoner took matters ligence his music has. He puts his heart and soul into music.” focus on his solo career and developing his own musical into his own hands and began recording his personal album, Wagoner is currently working on new songs and hopes to identity. “R3,” in the basement of his Squire Hill townhouse while he continue to do so at the same Nashville-based studio where “It was like getting kicked out of the nest a little bit,” Wag- was a student. The album was released last summer. “Resurgence” was recorded. oner said. “It’s all me. It’s the music I’m most proud of and the music “It is the perfect synthesis of the storytelling and high As the years have passed, Wagoner’s music has taken on that’s gotten the most positive feedback. I think you can see production. I feel like I’m revisiting that hospital where I a variety of paths and his musical style has matured and I like it because it’s a more evolved storytelling; there are was born,” Wagoner said. evolved. Wagoner’s first album, “Resurgence,” was produced verbal interludes in between songs.” in Nashville in 2010. After sending samples to various studios, Today, Wagoner’s musical identity is a bit more clear. Contact Joanna Morelli at [email protected]. JMU lovin’ Exclusive interview with the man behind the @JMUlove Instagram
By Lauren hunt The Breeze
Nick Arra, a senior communication sciences and disorders major, began the @JMUlove Twitter account in the summer of 2012. It then expanded into a @JMUlove Instagram account that has been gaining popularity ever since, with 5,347 current followers and almost 500 posts. Q: What inspired you to start the @JMUlove Instagram account? I initially created the Twitter account during the summer going into my junior year and I had noticed A: that other students had created Twitter accounts that were not affiliated with JMU, but represented JMU. I’ve always had a weird … I don’t want to say addiction, but I always do social media a lot and I’ve always had this photographic, artistic side to me and never really got to use it. I mean in high school I took graphic design classes but never pursued it in college. So I thought, ‘You know, I love being at JMU. I could not have gone to a better university.’ So I wanted to portray what it was like to be at JMU and I thought it would be a good way for prospective students to see the account when they visit or if they’re at all interested. Q: Why did you choose to remain anonymous? The whole point of it wasn’t to be about me. It was about the university and I kind of saw that other A: accounts were anonymous as well, and the main focus was JMU, so I didn’t really want it to make a dif- ference of whether or not people knew it was me. I wanted it to be on its own and develop on its own just because people are interested in JMU itself. And I waited to do the reveal right before I graduate, and then I will be passing it down.
Q: Who are you passing it down to? How are you choosing who it will be? A: I haven’t decided who I’m going to be passing it down to. There are a couple organizations I’m involved in, so I was thinking traditionally I would pass it down to someone that’s in one of my organizations. But I’m open minded, I don’t want to limit the opportunity to just the people I know, so I’m being very strategic about it. It’s hard for me to pass it down alone. I want it to be in good hands.
How did you choose pictures to post?
Q: Luckily, people just caught on and realized all they had to do was tag @JMUlove in order to get posted. It was kind of just random. I would check my Instagram account and look in my news feed. I would A: see a tag and I would screenshot them and repost them with credit. It was just kind of random chance of when I looked. Sometimes it depends on the pictures and sometimes if the newsfeed was too big I would miss a picture. But it wasn’t like I purposely selected some people over others.
Arra says he is in search for a replacement. JMU students can apply to be the next @JMUlove by writing paragraph explaining why they believe they would be right for the next owner of the account and emailing it to [email protected]. trixie Haddon / the breeze Nick Arra, founder of the @JMUlove Instagram account, wanted to reveal himself before c Laurenontac Huntt at [email protected]. he graduated. Arra said only a few of his friends knew that he was behind the account. 10 Thursday, April 24, 2014 breezejmu.org LIFE
book review TOMS | JMU alum brings Not all who wander are lost new character to shoes Recent college grad takes cross-country road trip and leaves with life lessons
MATT SCHMACHTENBERG / THE BREEZE Shoe orders cost $20 and another $10 for every additional hour of work it takes.
from front COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS Evan Kenward and his friends made a stop at Yellowstone National Park on their cross-country road trip in “Young Wanderlust.” with much of the pattern done with a needle. As for her own personal pair of shoes, Lindsey prefers the first pair she ever designed: Toms with a dream catcher whose feathers transition into birds. By LAUREN HUNT He also offers a few other tips for a first-time road- At the moment, Richards works at Plato’s Closet full time and is saving The Breeze tripper reading the book. He advises his readers to leave up to pursue her ultimate goal: at night and drive as far as they can while it’s still dark. painting Toms full time with a What’s a recent college graduate to do after walking Kenward advises that the excitement of the impending “That’s part of the portion of the profits going to a across the stage to procrastinate starting a career? Take a trip will keep you up and get your internal clock out local cause — specifically, fight- road trip, of course. Many choose to travel; it’s the most of whack. This then sets you up to sleep when it’s reason I’ve stuck with ing domestic violence. opportune time to see the world and learn a few, or convenient for the trip, instead of staying on your usual Toms. I like their aspect “That’s part of the reason many, new things. sleep schedule. I’ve stuck with Toms,” Richards This is exactly what Evan Kenward did in his travel Probably the most important advice Kenward gives is of giving back.” says. “I like their aspect of giv- memoir, “Young Wanderlust.” He and two friends, Jacob to establish a “Code of Chillness.” It becomes very easy Lindsey Richards ing back.” Toms, as is widely Gillman and John Wallace, nicknamed Gill and Wallace, to get frustrated with fellow road-trippers after being in owner of The Sole Story known, donates a pair of shoes respectively, decided to embark on a “great American a car for hours and hours on end. But if everyone abides for every pair sold. road trip” after graduating college. by the “Code of Chillness,” the trip will be “Just supporting a company Their original plan started out “Young much more pleasant and feelings won’t get like Toms helps to make a dif- with a tour of northern United States hurt. ference, but Lindsey is taking that included a stop in Michigan, the Wanderlust” Kenward has a very strong voice the idea a step further,” Amanda Badlands National Park and black throughout the book, sometimes Wittig, a client of Richards’, said. “There are so many pressures, especially hills in South Dakota, and Yellowstone By Evan Kenward annoyingly so. There are places here and for young adults, to conform to popular ideas and styles. Lindsey is giving National Park and the Grand Tetons CreateSpace Independent there where his voice pulled me out of the her clients a chance to break away from that conformity by creating designs of Wyoming. They then headed to San Publishing Platform story, and it took me a page or so to get back that are unique to the individual. It is something that seems simple, but can Francisco for a few days and pushed Published Sept 17, 2013 into it. Aside from these few points, his voice help her clients to find their own distinct styles.” up the West Coast, hitting Portland is consistent and casual. The conversational Richards is well on her way to achieving her dream, as the business is and Seattle before heading to Canada tone of the book makes it a smooth read. already growing exponentially faster than anticipated. to explore Vancouver and British Columbia. Then, His descriptions of the places he and his friends “I’m juggling five orders right now,” Richards said. “I’ve also made a pair they finally made their way back down toward Jasper, traveled to are detailed, which is a nice touch for readers for a friend’s engagement and am working on a pair for another wedding Canada. After a stop in Whistler they would head back to who have never travelled to these places. He is able right now.” The art has also crossed state lines, with an order coming in all Montana to hit the Glacier National Park before driving to paint intricate pictures of beautiful places, which is the way from Arkansas. back to Amherst, Mass. another feature that makes it an engaging story. “It is difficult finding the time to juggle orders while working two jobs/ Once the group hit the Teton mountain range, there I would recommend this book to first time road- so many hours,” Richard said. “I first order the Toms online myself, or they was some unexpected cold weather, on top of the rain trippers who want an idea of what to expect. I would, will bring in the pair of shoes they want decorated, and then after planning that had been falling for days. It was then that they however, encourage them to pay more attention to I paint the design with acrylic paint. After it dries, I finish it with a clear decided to skip the Tetons altogether, and headed the ideas in the book instead of the specific situations sealer — that protects it against the rain.” This means mass production on straight to Yosemite hoping for some better weather. that Kenward and his crew get into. And for those a large scale would be a difficult task, but would also mean that every pair This is where Kenward offers a big tip to first time experienced road-trippers looking for an interesting of shoes is unique. road-trippers: spontaneity. travel story, pick this book up. It was adventurous from You can find Lindsey Richards at facebook.com/thesolestory, or “No matter how long or how much a road trip is start to finish. through email at [email protected]. She works at Plato’s Closet in planned for, you must be ready at any moment to throw Harrisonburg, where you can find her business cards. every plan out the window and start from scratch,” he Lauren Hunt is a sophomore media arts and design says. major. Contact her at [email protected]. CONTACT Mollie Jones at [email protected].
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SportsEditors Wayne Epps Jr. & Drew Crane Email [email protected] Thursday, April 24, 2014 11 Stephen proffitt
estimated proffitt Baseball (12-25) ‘So good, so good’ all Aftermath of Boston bombing showed healing power of sports purple On April 15, 2013 at 2:49 p.m., a cul- ture, a community and a city were changed forever when two pressure cooker bombs went off near the finish and line of the 117th Boston Marathon. Three people died, 264 were injured. A police officer was killed by gunfire later that night. Boston, a city with such sto- ried patriotism, went into shock. Why us? Why now? With family ties to the city, it seemed to oddly hit home for me as I watched the coverage in amazement from nearly start Gold to finish inside my dorm room. Boston is a baseball town. The city lives and dies by the Red Sox. Less than an hour after the Sox closed out the Tampa Freshman baseball player Bay Rays with a 3-2 win blocks away at Ky Parrott follows in the Fenway Park, the bombs went off. footsteps of his parents All hell broke loose, and the Sox had to leave the city while suiting up for JMU that night for Cleveland to face the Indi- ans the next day. The road trip may have helped; any games scheduled for Fen- By Stephen Proffitt | The Breeze way wouldn’t have taken place since the city shut down. Even as they returned home that Friday to face the Kansas City Royals, the manhunt for alleged bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ongo- Holly warfield / the breeze ing, and the opening game of the series Outfielder Ky Parrott’s father played football at JMU and his mother played basketball at JMU. The two met on campus while exchanging newspapers. was pushed back to Sunday. Tsarnaev was discovered in a nearby coincidence in schedules “My dad was All-American here, my mom it with him [his father] and stuff like that, suburban neighborhood Friday night, paired with a desire to read was first-team All-CAA, so I don’t want know always went to games, always went to the and the Sox were able to take the field the news created an athletic if I want to say I would want to make it dif- batting cage, but I just never played in an Saturday afternoon. It was the best news legacy for one JMU family. ferent,” Parrott said. “None of them played actual league.” the city had heard all week in the wake For freshman outfielder professional sports and that’s a dream I want At age 12, he finally experienced organized of the tragedy. KyA Parrott, he’s continuing what his parents t o h av e .” baseball. It wasn’t until eighth grade that he Surviving victims and first respond- started inside D-Hall in the early ’90s. solely focused on the sport. Like his father, ers, including the heroic Boston police, Ky’s father, Chris Parrott, played football who played football, basketball and base- were honored before the game. Red Sox’s for JMU from 1989-92 while his mother, Kerri ball in high school, Parrott played football David Ortiz, one of the most prominent Meslah, played basketball from 1987-91. Chris He was tossing pebbles “ but focused mostly on baseball. athletic figures in the city, took the mic was a third team All-American as a free safe- up in the air and just “Football was just, you know, something to and the words that followed made even ty in 1992. Kerri was a member of the 1991 do, something that was fun,” he said. “Usu- the Federal Communications Commis- women’s basketball team that made it to the crushing them with a ally the workouts coexisted with each other.” sion proud. NCAA Sweet Sixteen. little plastic bat. Despite exposure to three sports through- “This is our f------city!” he said as a “It was funny actually, my mom used to out his adolescence, Parrott was destined for sold-out Fenway crowd of 35,152 erupted always read The Breeze and they lived near “ — Chris Parrott a life in baseball, according to his father. in cheers. With those words, it seemed each other on the campus and I think my dad “He was three years old when I taught him that order in the “617” had been fully was a big newspaper reader as well,” Parrott Ky’s Father how to swing,” Chris said. “I remember viv- restored. said. “He actually had to go to her dorm and idly, we were at the local elementary school Ortiz was the featured writer in Sports get the paper from her and that’s how they and he fouled the ball off.” Illustrated’s “Point After” column last really met, [it] kicked off from there.” Chris went to retrieve the plastic ball, and week. According to Chris, the story is slightly Standing just outside the baseball and what Parrott did in the meantime has stuck “The last year has been unbelievable different, but the concept remains the same. softball offices at Memorial Hall, Parrott, with his father to this day. for Boston, in every sense of the word,” Their destiny was buried within the inked- donning an ice pack on his right arm, remi- “He was tossing pebbles up in the air and he wrote. text of a newspaper. nisced about his parents’ time at JMU, and just crushing them with a little plastic bat,” The remaining 150 games from that “Kerri and I were big readers of The Breeze how it set the groundwork for his acceptance Chris said. season are hard to put into words, and and The Washington Post,” Chris said. “At the of an offer from head coach Spanky McFar- That feat mesmerized his father, who especially hard to explain in detail in the time everything was print, so for breakfast, land following his sophomore year of high depicted the event “like it was yesterday.” limits of this column, but you know how particularly at D-Hall, you had to wait until school. Through the years, Parrott just got better the story goes. whoever was finished with the newspaper.” Like many gifted athletes, his childhood and better, eventually drawing attention from The Sox started rocking and they The two athletes had a thirst for daily news, was consumed by multiple sports, spanning JMU early into his career at Herndon High didn’t stop. The beards came next, the which led them to cross paths on a daily just about every season of the year. School in Herndon, Va. playoffs began and next thing you know, basis. A relationship was formed, a 1995 mar- “I actually started out playing basketball The recruitment plot thickened as another they were riding in the Duck Boats riage followed and Ky is now following in his around fifth or sixth grade,” Parrott said. throughout the city, celebrating their parents’ athletic footsteps. “[I] always liked baseball. I always watched see Parrott, page 12 third World Series victory since 2004. In the midst of tragedy, a city was able to find comfort in a sports team. To some, this concept is disturbing. After 9/11, people griped over how fast the Yankees and Mets took to the field after M en’s golf two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center. There was similar criticism in Boston, with claims that it was sheerly insensi- Championship or bust tive to play a sports contest five days removed from a terrorist attack. This criticism continued throughout the sea- Team confident in prospects for conference tournament this weekend son, as some found it sickening that a city could be comforted by a team of million- By gabrielle Smith aires playing baseball. The Breeze This is cynicism. Grieving is a necessi- ty, but at some point a community must The men’s golf team is heating up for the Colo- move on from tragedy. In Boston’s case, nial Athletic Association Championships this the Red Sox were a ray of light in a time weekend in Southport, N.C. when the world was full of doubt. After getting through some rocky weather condi- In the wake of tragedy, sports have tions this year, and traveling as far Arizona to play, an immeasurable effect on the recovery the Dukes feel they are where they want to be going process. 36,000 people entered Mon- into this weekend’s tournament, which tees off Fri- day’s 118th Boston Marathon, second day and finishes Sunday. only to 1996. “A couple of years we’ve been down there I The existence of sports gods may read knew we didn’t even have a shot at it, but this year as a cliche to most, but did anyone real- I believe we can win it,” head coach Jeff Forbes said. ly doubt the Red Sox would win it all In his is seventh season as head coach, Forbes last year? It just seemed right. Walking has attained two CAA titles and hopes to collect through the concourse and out to my another one this year. seat in Section 37 at Game 2 of the World “There’s a lot of good teams in the tournament, Series, I felt so little. but I’m confident in our abilities and I think we’re It was not because I was surrounded going to put on a great show and have a great by 35,000-plus people. I was a part of chance to win,” freshman Ryan Cole said. something bigger than myself. I was a The team had some successes throughout the Bostonian that night. season, including a first place victory at the Joe As right fielder Shane Victorino Agee Invitational in Williamsburg on Oct. 1. stepped up to bat, his walk-up song, The win was especially exciting for senior Tucker Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” rang Koch because it was the first time he experienced a out of the PA system. “Don’t worry first-place victory in his four years playing for JMU. ’bout a thing,” the lyrics said, and the “It really came down to the last hole,” Koch said. Sabrina McCormack / The Breeze stadium didn’t need Marley for next “We were all standing around the last green and the line. A city stood as one, yelling at the kid from Towson missed a five-foot bud. We kind of Junior Jon Weiss is third on the team this year in total stroke average with a 72.70 over three rounds. top of their lungs, “Cause every little knew then that we won, so that was pretty exciting.” Only 11 teams participated in the tournament in as a team we need to strive to be a little better than thing gonna be all right!” And they were Both the players and Forbes agree that each Williamsburg, whereas 27 teams competed in the that.” right; Boston has never been stronger. player’s individual success significantly contrib- Middleburg Bank Men’s Intercollegiate tournament Forbes believes weather hindered everyone’s uted to the outcome of the tournament. March 23-25. That was the largest tournament field performance that day. Stephen Proffitt is a junior media arts “We put together three good rounds, we hadn’t JMU faced all season. “The conditions weren’t great,” Koch agreed. “It and design major. Contact Stephen at really done that all year, except for that tourna- “To tell you the truth we didn’t really play that [email protected]. ment,” Cole said. well there,” Cole said. “We played OK, but I think see Golf, page 12 12 Thursday, April 24, 2014 breezejmu.org sports A season to be proud of Men’s tennis head coach Steve Secord reflects on recently concluded season
By Andy Lohman moved inside, so it would have been interesting if we had all six of similar to JMU, and facility-wise are probably ahead of us. And The Breeze the singles courts going on at once and seen if some of the lower we’re looking to improve that. As of right now, we’re a little bit off guys would have done alright. We had spots here and there that from our competition. It’s a big factor when you’re bringing peo- The JMU men’s tennis team wrapped up its season with were okay ... Overall though, we competed the whole way, we didn’t ple on campus. You know, JMU has pretty much everything else, a semifinal appearance at the Colonial Athletic Asso- hang our heads or anything. You never like losing, but I think that it’s a great school ... Tennis is a very international sport. Soccer is ciation Championships on Saturday. The Dukes lost to the experience was good for them. probably the most popular sport in the world, but tennis isn’t too eventual champions the University of North Carolina far behind. It’s an appealing aspect to them to come to America. at Wilmington. We spoke with head coach Steve Secord Will making it to the semifinals be a benchmark for You know, we’ve got a free education system and you can train at about his thoughts on the year. next season? a high level and go to the next station. In a lot of other countries, I guess. We’ve got a ways to go. Elon [University] is going to be it doesn’t work that way. Now that the season is over, how would you assess headed to the conference and I think they won their conference your year? [Southern Conference] and will be in the NCAAs this year. So that’s Was there one performance this season that stood out It was up and down. We had a really young team, so I think it was another solid team that’s getting added to the mix. I don’t want to you? a lot of first experiences and getting to know to overlook quarterfinals or semifinals, but our goal is always, for I think [the match against] Richmond kickstarted it for us a little what collegiate tennis is about. The Wilming- a team like us, is to get to the NCAAs, like basketball or anything bit. We had lost the doubles point, they were comparable to us, and ton loss wasn’t exactly what we wanted, but I else, by winning the conference. You’ve got to take it one match at we had to win the last two matches in three sets to win the over- think that we progressed — especially once we a time and try not to look past anybody. all match. I think the guys fought hard and gutted it out. Even the got outside more in the spring and got a little guys that lost did everything they could and battled. And then they more time playing, practicing, doing what we Y ou have quite the international flair on your roster, carried that over to the first round [of the CAA Championships] wanted. And [we] definitely got better, espe- how does your team dynamic work? against Drexel. As a group they fought hard, it was tough to get the cially toward the last few weeks. Looking at They get along. They all still have tennis in common and school. doubles point, but they got that and the seam opened from there. how we did with Drexel a few weeks ago and Yeah, there’s some cultural differences and everything but I think Steve Secord then how we played against them in the CAA they learn how similar the world is than different, really. They get Y ou won all three of your home matches this year, tournament ... it was a big difference. Like I along, like any other group like that, like a bunch of brothers. They’ll what advantage does being at home give you? said, learning experiences. I think those young guys will definite- give each other a hard time but they’ll fight for each other on the I think it’s just playing where you’re familiar. Even the home ly grow and take everything that they’ve learned and get better in court and so forth. They’re a good group of guys, they work hard matches were difficult this year, we had some that were rained the next few years. and I can’t ask much more than that. or snowed out. The courts at Hillside, for us, weren’t playable. There were multiple cracks on four of the courts and I just didn’t How do you rate your performance at the CAA What is the recruitment process like for a team like feel like it was safe for us or our competition, so we ended up Championship? that? playing at the UPark court. It’s just nice when you’re not hav- It was tough against Wilmington there, they’re a really good It’s a little different. Our facilities hamper a lot of the top, top ing to get in a van or a bus and drive multiple hours. You’ve got team. They have a bunch of older guys that have been through Virginia or regional [prospects]. I mean, I feel fortunate to get [fresh- friends out and you’ve got fans and family that are out there sup- this before, won the conference before. It would’ve been nice [to man] Brett [Moorhead]. I mean he has won his high school state porting. Before and after the match, it’s just an easier process. win]. [Sophomore] Maxi [Branth] won the first set and was up in [championship] two years in a row. I think that there are a lot of the second, so it would’ve been nice to get some wins. We got other schools in the state, and regionally, that are good schools, Contc a t Andy lohman at [email protected].
Golf | ‘I’m really excited ... I think we have a really good shot at winning.’
from page 11 locations to compete, such as Florida, Arizona and the Carolinas. rained all three days, but we’re kind of used to Even though the team travels in a small pack, it that being in the Valley, which was sort of an still has the luxury of traveling in a charter bus like advantage.” other JMU varsity teams, which Koch said offers a Despite the weather, JMU had one of its best good time to relax before tournaments. finishes of the season, coming in fourth overall. Forbes, who played golf on the professional That experience wasn’t the first time the team level for five tours, said traveling is a part of a dealt with poor weather conditions. Throughout golfer’s life. the season, the players have been forced to prac- Most of the players don’t mind traveling, and tice inside. would even like to travel farther. “We work with the women’s team inside, so we “It’s just better competition,” Cole said. “We kind of have to coordinate schedules and it limits can get to play different teams, right now we play the amount of practice we can have while we are a lot of the same teams, and that’s good but I think inside because of the share of space,” Forbes said. we should broaden our horizons a little bit.” Forbes said the team has doubled the amount But for now, the team is practicing hard to of indoor practices this season than they have compete for the title in the CAA Championships had any other season, hindering the efficiency this weekend. of practices. “I’m really excited about how the guys have “We had a tournament in Arizona that we played this spring, especially recently,” Forbes didn’t have a whole lot of time to prepare for, but said. “I think we have a really good shot at winning recently it’s been a little better,” Cole said. “I think and I think that’s the most exciting part about it.” we are peaking at the right time, in terms of the Sabrina Mccormack / The Breeze weather.” Contc a t Gabrielle Smith at Freshman Ryan Cole works on his shot at the golf short-game facility. Cole has an average of +1 par. However, the team travels to mostly warmer [email protected]. Pa rrott | Was originally drafted in 26th round by the Brewers from page 11 With top-tier universities following his every move and an MLB organiza- element presented a challenging tion begging for his signature, where did decision. JMU stand? Universities offer scholarships to “JMU was always the top, it didn’t real- prospective players, while MLB offers ly matter,” Parrott said of the other offers. contracts. That’s right, the Milwaukee “I often switched back and forth almost Brewers came knocking at Parrott’s every day. What really did it was I thought door, literally. After hitting .363 his senior that, mentally I wasn’t really ready. I was year at Herndon, Parrott was drafted in still young, 18, going off by myself, and I the 26th round of the MLB draft by the still wanted to come here [JMU].” Brewers. While the dream of a major league “It really happens fast,” Parrott said. career remains, Parrott is satisfied with “[Brewers scouts] came to a couple of his decision to embark on three or more games, I played well. They called and years in Harrisonburg. asked to come over to my house and sat According to Ky’s father, the decision and talked about contracts and stuff like was collective. that. They were not messing around. They “Listen, I think it was a big role,” Chris come in and say exactly what they think said. “I think, you always, as a parent of you and exactly what they envision you want to be supportive of whatever your doing for their organization.” children do. In light of that, it seemed Unlike most sports stipulations, like it would be a win-win for Ky. I think with baseball one must either accept going through the process, Ky to a certain a contract with an MLB franchise and degree was really in love with JMU.” immediately begin their career in the So, after 20 years, the Parrott family farm system, or attend three years of col- legacy lives on. lege before they’re eligible again. “JMU, it really has become a family Thanks to the attention Parrott was university,” Chris said. garnering from the MLB, he had become “If it wasn’t as unique probably to our a hot commodity at the collegiate level. family, I think you’re right, I think he “You’re talking about UNC, U.Va., Vir- would be a Milwaukee Brewer,” he added. ginia Tech,” Chris said. “A bunch of ACC schools that had showed a lot of inter- Contc a t Stephen Proffitt courtesy of jmu athletics est in him.” at [email protected]. Kyle Parrott currently has JMU’s highest freshman batting average at .265. He’s played in 16 games, starting 14. Birdsong | Set to visit his top school, Marshall, this weekend from front He also said that thought continued this When it was time to take the playbook on the he’s currently on the road recruiting. semester while working with the new staff. Then, field in spring practice, Birdsong said Lee had the The practice of restricting schools that trans- they’re on the schedule, so I’m good. I’m happy when spring practice started in mid-March, he majority of the reps with the first team — about a fers can go to is fairly normal, and has happened now, no more stress.” said, “it was pretty much right in my face that it 75-25 ratio. But there’s no hard feelings between at JMU before, though those cases weren’t With that speed bump cleared, Birdsong is might be time to go.” the two signal-callers. disclosed. moving on by talking to potential landing spots. “At first I was optimistic, and then when we “Vad’s a great dude,” Birdsong said. “He’s a “It’s left up to the institution to determine He said he’s going to a Division I-A school “no started learning the offense, then mine and Vad’s competitor, he’s a ball player, he’s going to do where you can go,” JMU Director of Athletics Jeff doubt,” and that Marshall University is at the top skillset are different,” Birdsong said. “Vad’s skillset great things here at this university underneath Bourne said Friday. “You are leaving a commit- of his list. Under NCAA rules, he would have to fits this offense more than mine. Once I started to this offense.” ment that you made with the institution, and sit out a year if he went to a I-A school or another play all that stuff out, I kind of got it that it’s time The decision to pull the trigger on transferring certainly you have the option to do that. But I-AA school, but he has a redshirt to use and still for me to go.” came during the last two weeks of spring practice. you’re also cognizant that that institution has maintain his last two years of eligibility. Redshirt junior Vad Lee, a January transfer “It was going back and forth,” Birdsong said. the ability to limit where you’re able to transfer. He’s planning to visit Marshall this weekend, from Georgia Tech, was thrown right into the “One day I’d be like ‘I want to stay,’ the next day I’d So that’s just an NCAA guideline, and that’s the and said that ODU will get his release papers thick of the quarterback mix from the start. Lee be like ‘I need to leave.’ Then the last few weeks, way the provisions work.” today. Marshall has already offered him a full and Birdsong were set to have a competition for it was pretty much ‘I need to leave.’” Birdsong said he doesn’t have a timetable for scholarship. He’s looking for schools with offens- the starting job. Birdsong went to Withers first on April 14 to making his decision on a new school. But through es that suit his skillset as a pocket passer. Lee started all 13 games at Georgia Tech last notify the program of his decision. it all, he said he’s leaving JMU on good terms. “I just want to go someplace where they’re season and pl0ayed in 12 games in 2012 after red- “It was short and quick, and I went on there, “This place has been good to me,” he said. going to throw the ball,” Birdsong said. “I want to shirting his freshman year. He left Atlanta with just treated it professionally,” Birdsong said of the “And it’s just frustrating these last few weeks. go to an offense which will benefit me most, and 2,157 yards, 15 touchdowns and 13 interceptions meeting. “We both knew it was my time to go, But I ain’t going to let a few weeks mess go to a place where I’m going to have the oppor- in the air. He also had 1,057 rushing yards and 17 we were both fine with it. And he wished me the up the time I’ve had here over the last two tunity to compete.” touchdowns on the ground. best of luck, and I said the same to him and that years. It’s probably been the best two years The wheels of Birdsong’s transfer started turn- Lee’s affinity for making things happen with was about it.” of my life. So, just for two or three months to ing months ago. He said the thought first crossed his legs suited JMU’s new offense. He has com- Birdsong and Withers haven’t spoken since mess it up, that’s not going to be the case.” his mind after Mickey Matthews was fired in pared the offense to what Ohio State University, that time, after additional schools were added November, but he was going to wait and see what Withers’ former school, is running with junior to Birdsong’s transfer restriction list. Withers Contc a t Wayne Epps Jr. at the new coaching staff had in store. quarterback Braxton Miller. wasn’t immediately available for comment as [email protected]. breezejmu.org Thursday, April 24, 2014 13 Classifieds Madison Marketplace
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